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South Pacific

South Pacific

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South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances.

Opened
1949
Performances
1,925
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Oscar Hammerstein IIBook: Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan

Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1950.

Productions5 on Broadway

1943 Cort Theatre Original. December 29, 1943 · Lee Strasberg · predates this show 5 performances
1949 Majestic Theatre Revival. April 7, 1949 · Joshua Logan 1,925 performances · 10 Tony wins
1949 Transfer Theatre unknown.
1988 Prince of Wales Theatre Original.
2008 Vivian Beaumont Theatre Revival. April 3, 2008 · Bartlett Sher 996 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 37 albums held

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South Pacific BMG 3681-2-R
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The Broadway Musicals Series: South Pacific Prism Leisure PLATCD 727
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South Pacific Columbia Broadway Masterworks
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South Pacific BMG BG2 03681; RCA BG2 03681
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South Pacific BMG 3681-2-R
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South Pacific: An Original Soundtrack Recording RCA 3681
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South Pacific Fanfare SIT 60007
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South Pacific Sony Classical
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South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Columbia A-850. 1949
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South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Columbia Masterworks ML 4180. May 9, 1949
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South Pacific Columbia Masterworks OL 4180. 1957
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South Pacific RCA Victor LOC-1032. 1958
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South Pacific RCA LOC-D 2000-C. 1958
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South Pacific RCA Red Seal RB-16065. 1958
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South Pacific (1967 Lincoln Center cast) Columbia OS-3100. 1967
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South Pacific (1967 Lincoln Center cast) Columbia OL 6700. 1967
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The Columbia Treasury of the American Musical Theatre: South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Columbia S 32604. October 19, 1973
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South Pacific (1986 London studio cast) CBS SM 42205. 1986
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South Pacific CBS SM 42205. 1986
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South Pacific (1986 London studio cast) CBS MK 42205. 1986
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South Pacific (1986 London studio cast) CBS Records Masterworks SBR 6074. 1986
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South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Columbia CK 32604. 1988
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South Pacific RCA 68 053 8 (Club Edition). 1988
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South Pacific RCA ND83681. March 25, 1989
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South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Sony Broadway SK 53327. 1993
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South Pacific Sony Classical 0607222000; Columbia SK 60722; Legacy SK 60722; S…. 1998
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South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60722. November 10, 1998
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South Pacific: An Original Soundtrack Recording RCA Victor. 2000
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South Pacific: An Original Soundtrack Recording RCA 67977. October 24, 2000
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South Pacific (2001 television cast) Sony Music CK 85684. 2001
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South Pacific (2002 London theatre cast) First Night Records. December 31, 2002
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South Pacific Naxos Musicals 8.120785. 2004
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South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall Decca Broadway 000646202. April 18, 2006
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South Pacific (1967 Lincoln Center cast) Sony Classical 82876 88393-2. August 29, 2006
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South Pacific Masterworks Broadway 88697304572. 2008
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South Pacific (2008 Broadway revival cast) Masterworks Broadway 88697-30457-2. May 27, 2008
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South Pacific Greyhound Media E17010CD. 2010

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals available

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40 passages naming South Pacific, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

It was the second longest running musical of the decade as well as the second musical to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p167

Myron McCormick in South Pacific appeared in drag. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p290

the revue’s original name had been a more commercial one, but unfortunately another show in town was already called South Pacific . However, their revue had much in common with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p52

“Getting to Know You” was added during the tryout for Anna and the royal wives and children. As “Suddenly Lucky,” it had been intended for Cable to sing to Liat in South Pacific, but was dropped in favor of “Younger Than Springtime.” With a revised lyric, the song became one of the hit songs from The King and I. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p140

; and she was Martin’s stand-by in South Pacific and went on for a few performances when Martin took ill. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p185

South Pacific first opened on April 7, 1949, at the Majestic Theatre for a marathon run of 1,925 performances with Ezio Pinza (Emile de Becque), Mary Martin (Nellie Forbush), William Tabbard (Cable), Juanita book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p469

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